shoot up
verb
shot up; shooting up; shoots up
1
: to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly
cowboys shooting up the town
2
: to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein
: to inject a narcotic into a vein
Examples of shoot up in a Sentence
gas prices shot up seemingly overnight
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Short pod mustard, castor bean, and tree tobacco are shooting up everywhere in the burn scar.
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Joy Benedict, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Another recent report showed that wholesale prices shot up 6% from a year ago, the highest point in more than three years.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
His exit created an opening for Becerra, a former state attorney general who shot up in polls from the single-digits to frontrunner.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
By mid-April, Becerra had shot up to the top of the Democratic heap, tied at 13% with Steyer in a later poll.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Joy Benedict, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Another recent report showed that wholesale prices shot up 6% from a year ago, the highest point in more than three years.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
His exit created an opening for Becerra, a former state attorney general who shot up in polls from the single-digits to frontrunner.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
By mid-April, Becerra had shot up to the top of the Democratic heap, tied at 13% with Steyer in a later poll.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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